Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Steven Smith lost 2:17 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:13 quicker, so 8:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 404 days between Madrid 2024 and London Excel 2025, cost 2:59 on the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:08 PB595/1442Beat 59%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 better than the field: 4:36 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete4:36 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:44291/528Beat 45%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 2:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 2:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:26 slower -
Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:39 PB324/359Beat 10%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:181589/2779Beat 43%
↑ 404 days after Madrid 2024 2:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:59 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:45 faster This athlete4:46 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:04627/1066Beat 41%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:31:47300/476Beat 37%